‘Fact checking’ is dead

Published October 22, 2020 8:14pm ET



The concept of political “fact-checking” was rendered effectively obsolete the moment Donald Trump launched his campaign for president, but it’s gotten to the point now where it’s actually scary how the guy’s critics have robbed the term of any meaning at all.

Like the word “racist,” a “fact check” is now apparently whatever liberals want it to be.

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